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Bulloch, John; Morris, Harvey

 
9781138651234: The Gulf War: Its Origins, History and Consequences (Routledge Library Editions: War and Security in the Middle East)
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ISBN 10: 1138651230 ISBN 13: 9781138651234
Editorial: Routledge, 2016

Sinopsis

After a million deaths and twice that number injured, after the destruction of much of the infrastructure of Iran and Iraq, disruption of trade throughout the Gulf and the involvement of the USA and USSR, was the Gulf War a pointless exercise, a futile conflict which achieved nothing and left the combatants at the end of it all back in exactly the same position from which they started in 1980? In this book, first published in 1989, the authors argue that the lack of territorial gain was irrelevant: the real advantages won by each side were far more important, intangible though they were. For Iran, the channelling of the energies of her people away from domestic concerns meant the continuation of the Islamic revolution and ensured the stability of the mullahs. In Iraq, the war propped up the increasingly shaky regime of Saddam Hussein. The outside world, especially the superpowers, was terrified of the spread of Muslim fundamentalism, so made no effort to prevent Iraq from trying to halt this spread. But Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the oil states also had vested interests in promoting the continuation of the war.

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John Bulloch, Harvey Morris

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Editorial
Routledge
Año de publicación
2016
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1138651230
ISBN 13 
9781138651234
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
346
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